Galatia 6:4

6:4 Let each one examine ¹  his own work. Then he can take pride ²  in himself and not compare himself with ³  someone else.

Galatia 6:13-14

6:13 For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh. ⁴  6:14 But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which ⁵  the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

[6:4]  ¹ tn Or “determine the genuineness of.”

[6:4]  ² tn Grk “he will have a reason for boasting.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Or “and not in regard to.” The idea of comparison is implied in the context.

[6:13]  ⁴ tn Or “boast about you in external matters,” “in the outward rite” (cf. v. 12).

[6:14]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “through whom,” referring to the Lord Jesus Christ rather than the cross.